Final Story Project Specs   As a final project for ds106, you are asked to produce a story around a character that explores at least three of the media forms we’ve investigated this semester: visual/design, audio, video, web, remix/mashup (Please note that for this project we’re combining visual and design as a single media form). … Continue reading →

I am going to use Jim Groom Lecture from 2012 for remix.  You need to really start listening around 3:30.  You will want to watch RiP: A Remix Manifesto first (given below). For the next two weeks you’ll be exploring the culminating ideas of ds106–remixes and mashups– the artistic recasting of existing media into new forms by … Continue reading →

Making Movies You’ve read movies and done your pre-work. Now it’s time to make movies! Video is perhaps the most rich of storytelling forms, and over the next two weeks you will focus explicitly on video storytelling. The only assignments on your plate are to work on video assignments, and all of which are due in … Continue reading →

Take a break and listen to radio shows Thursday Night!  Actually this is a requirement How to Read Movies This week we enter what most students find the most challenging and/or rewarding portion of ds106: video. Working with video presents challenges with file formats, creating more complex narratives, and dealing more complex software. But it … Continue reading →

Stories in/of the Web All the work your groups have done the last two weeks pays off as your shows will be broadcast on ds106 radio Monday night this week. As the last part of our audio segment, your task this weel will be to evaluate the show from another team and also self-evaluate your … Continue reading →

Audio and the Big Radio Show   cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog Welcome to Weeks Seven & Eight of ds106. Somewhere in here is official half-way point for the class. Congratulations, you’re half-way to reclaiming your life again!   All work is to be summarized, except the radio show, in a single blog … Continue reading →

Week 7 & 8 will be posted later Each student will work in a group (comprised of 4-5 students) to write, produce and record a radio show around a theme. These should show the forms and characteristics of the radio shows you listened to in week 4, and demonstrate the ideas of shapes of stories, Groups … Continue reading →

It is all about Design We’ve wrapped up our week on visual storytelling and photography, and this week we’re diving into design. It’s not always clear where the line is, but design storytelling involves more creating and modifying in graphics software program, and focuses on key characteristics of color, form, shape, typography, etc. cc licensed … Continue reading →

Great Tutorial on Audacity. I decided to create a bumper for DS106 Radio to give you a sample and to show you some screenshots and techniques from audacity. I first thought about what I should do for the radio bumper but the dogs kept barking, kids kept asking me questions and noise was all around me. … Continue reading →

Introduction to Audio- Listening First This week in ds106 we’re going to be diving into our first storytelling genre: audio. Working with sound can be a bit daunting and unfamiliar, so we’ll be easing you into it this week. Nearly all previous ds106 students start here dreading this media, and in a few weeks they … Continue reading →

Storytelling… it’s part of the title this course, and you likely have some idea what it means from your own experiences. This unit we will explore storytelling as a framing of what you will be doing for each week. You will try to hone your own understanding of what the Digital part adds, and try a few … Continue reading →

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Setup Continued,The Daily Create and First Digital Story Links to all the webpages for all assignments Introduction/Overview (not a link scroll down) What’s is this course all about? The Daily Create Basics of Blogging, Embedding Media & Personalizing Your Site Your first digital storytelling assignment Introduction/Overview Please note that most of the assignments/tasks listed below are … Continue reading →

Setup Continued,The Daily Create and First Digital Story Links to all the webpages for all assignments Introduction/Overview (not a link scroll down) What’s is this course all about? The Daily Create Basics of Blogging, Embedding Media & Personalizing Your Site Your first digital storytelling assignment Introduction/Overview Please note that most of the assignments/tasks listed below are … Continue reading →

  Week 1 Introduction/Setup 8/25 all work is due midnight August 31, 2014 The first week is dedicated to getting setup for ds106; install your WordPress site and create other social media accounts such as Twitter, Flickr, SoundCloud, YouTube, etc. Complete Introductions via posts, twitter, Flickr, video, audio, etc. Open course resource: http://ds106.us/open-course/unit-1-bootcamp/ Welcome to … Continue reading →